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Englishtown Raceway Abruptly Closes Its NHRA Drag Strip

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buickfed:
love that video. no weight on front axle. no wheelie bars. no problems.  ;D ;D
too bad they don't make tires like that anymore. would love to do smokey shows for the crowds.

ricardo1967:

--- Quote from: buickfed on January 18, 2018, 11:34:06 AM ---love that video. no weight on front axle. no wheelie bars. no problems.  ;D ;D
too bad they don't make tires like that anymore. would love to do smokey shows for the crowds.

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Amen brother!

coupemerc:
I have so many great memories from that track. Here are three of my favorites...

We were there when Don Garlits flipped his T/F car over backwards qualifying against Darrell Gwynn in 1986. Garlits went backwards through the finish line and ended up headed towards the starting line before he got it stopped.

We did a huge wheelstand with our TAD in 1994 qualifying against Bill Barney (RIP) and broke the front end of the chassis and wheels landing. Stayed up all night welding/fixing the chassis and we ran our first ever 5 second run the next day against Mike Kosky. Mike and I were way down the end of the shut down and Mike told me "either you just went really fast or I just went really slow" . We were locked together the whole way down.

Bob Newberry made the first ever 5 second alcohol funny car run. Peter Gallen and Newberry were both knocking on the door with low 6.0s. Peter had actually qualified #1 with a 6.0 something and chose to race in the last pair of cars for first round. Newberry ran in an earlier pair and broke into the 5s. Peter ended up running a 5 too but everyone remembers Newberry because he did it a few pairs earlier.

Anyone else have some cool memories?

masracingtd1167:
It's a real shame to loose a track like Englishtown ! I started going there in the early seventy's and couldn't believe how bid it was compared to our little home track ! Found a old Raceway news clipping of my first Super Comp final back in 83 !

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